ἔρδω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wérďō, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵ-ye-, a ye-present from the root *werǵ-, the same root as ῥέζω (rhézō) and ἔργον (érgon).

Cognates include Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (wo-ze-e), Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (wo-zo), etc.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔρδω • (érdō)

(poetic)
  1. (intransitive) to act (as opposed to speaking or being acted on)
  2. (transitive) to do, perform
    1. to perform sacrifices
  3. (transitive) to do something to someone (with two accusatives)

Inflection

References

  • ἔρδω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔρδω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἔρδω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἔρδω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἔρδω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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